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Summer is a good time to teach children about other kinds of community helpers, such as lifeguards, forest rangers, and librarians. This activity is a fun way to get them introduced!

Have your kid create a chart of job titles. It's a great way to get them to recognize the people whose efforts benefit the community.

In this activity, your child will explore what it means and how it feels to live in a community.

Children will deepen their understanding of global citizenship and create a collage that illustrates all of the ways many communities are connected.

Social networking sites that promote reading, reviewing books, and sharing books with others are springing up all over, making reading fun again.

Children will reflect on how community service makes us better people. Then they will complete a service survey to gain a better understanding of their interests, gifts, and their potential role as a service worker in their community.

Here's a guide to starting a community clean-up project from scratch.

Get in the spirit of Christmas by creating Santa's favorite helpers, the elves!

Honor the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by interviewing someone in your community who lived it.

Children build a "Loving Kindness Garden" to represent what they have learned about love, mindfulness, and caring for others in community.

Children reflect on ways they have cared for themselves, others, and the Earth before building a garden to share beauty with others in their community.

Encourage your child to get involved in the community and sharpen her writing skills by penning an editorial for the local paper in this high school activity.

Children will reflect on the importance of diversity and brainstorm ways to support people in their community who may feel alone, researching local organizations that strive to help those people.

Hearing true stories of compassionate people can be uplifting and inspiring! In this home activity, your child will hear a true story of compassion and then set goals to bring compassion to their home and/or community.

This activity will inspire adults and kids alike to take time to explore the beauty in their community and discover the colors of fall while developing their descriptive and creative writing skills!

Santa needs all the helpers he can get, so why not create your very own holiday elf to watch over your presents.

El dia de los muertos (the day of the dead) is a Mexican holiday celebrated on November 1st and 2nd every year. Other Latin American countries celebrate a variation of the holiday, but it originates in Mexico and is unique to this country. These two days

Want to help your child learn more about his community while boosting creativity? Set up a post office play station right in your very own home!

Cultivating a community of love, support, and trust in your family is important. Use this heartwarming activity to connect, have fun, and support your child’s social emotional health.

In this activity, your child will watch a video about empathy and practice speaking to someone with empathy. They will also discuss how empathy supports living in a community with others.

Lots of kids wonder what it would be like to be a police officer. Celebrate the people who help keep our communities safe with this fun craft.

Judgements assumptions about others can cause disconnect in relationships and communities. In this social emotional learning activity, kids will explore how to break through assumptions and create a colorful bracelet that represents unity.

In this activity, your child will write stories about two different people. The stories will include similarities and differences in the ways each person lives in their communities.

Science fair project the demonstrates Newton's Third Law using a milk carton filled with water.

Challenge your learner to design and build a city of their own in this creative engineering activity.

Invite your fifth grader to design a fleet of miniature paddle boats to race in the family bathtub.

Here's a great project to get your child on the right track towards writing well thought-out proposals.

This refreshing salad is tasty and chock full of fresh veggies! Your child will hone her slicing skills as she makes this delicious dish.

Is your third grader bombing around on a bike these days? Here's a way to put all that fun time together with some math learning, too.

Celebrate your little one's move to big kid school by throwing a very special graduation party complete with friends, crafts, and lots of energetic fun.